Owners and
Occupants of the Lots, Houses and Shops in the Town of Providence Rhode
Island in 1798

EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

H

House

S

Store or Shop

B

Barn or Stable

W

Wharf

M

Mill

G

Garden

T

Tenant

O

Owner

L

Land

HL

House and Land

BL

Barn and Land

SL

Shop and Land

HS

House and Shop

HBS

House, Barn and Shop

OH

Owner of House

OS

Owner of Shop

OB

Owner of Barn or Stable

OW

Owner of Wharf

OL

Owner of Land

OF

Owner of Farm

These and other combinations of the capital letters occurring, refer
to the proceeding name, to indicate what improvements were on the land,
and who the owner or tenant was.
Ebenezer Frost was tenant on Nathan Angell's Lane, who also owned the
house.
Silas Fish was tenant on Felix Frazier's land, but he owned 1/2 a house
with N. D. Greene, and B. Knowles lived in the house.